Smart Upgrades That Make Loft Beds Much More Livable

If you're short on space, lofting your bed is one of the best ways to magically gain square footage. However, sleeping in the sky is not without its challenges—I'm looking at you, late-night ladder navigation. Here are 14 ways to make your loft bed dreamy.

This sleeping loft shows the importance of proportion. The platform is big enough to hold a luxuriously large California King bed, so the quite low ceiling doesn't feel as cramped. The bed-level windows also keep the whole space from feeling claustrophobic.

... but one of those grey curtains is lined: "I added a white curtain at the foot of the bed and mounted a projector in my closet ten feet behind it so I could watch movies in bed." I would never leave!

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